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<ul class="summary-list"><li>Rodrick Dow Craythorn, of Syracuse, Utah, was sentenced to six months in prison on Wednesday. </li><li>Craythorn dug up a Yellowstone cemetery while searching for <keyword id="6140729" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="forrest-fenn">Forrest Fenn</keyword>'s famed treasure. </li><li>He pleaded <a href="https://www.insider.com/utah-man-dug-up-graves-yellowstone-forrest-fenn-treasure-2021-1">guilty</a> to excavating and damaging archaeological resources in January.</li></ul><p>A would-be treasure hunter who dug up graves at <keyword id="853277" type="CITY" weightage="60" keywordseo="Yellowstone-National-Park">Yellowstone National Park</keyword> while searching for Forrest Fenn's hidden $1 million treasure will spend six months in prison for damaging the cemetery. </p><p>Rodrick Dow Craythorn, of Syracuse, Utah, was sentenced in the case on Wednesday, <a href="https://www.insider.com/utah-man-dug-up-graves-yellowstone-forrest-fenn-treasure-2021-1">months after pleading guilty</a> to excavating and damaging archaeological resources in the cemetery of the Fort Yellowstone National Historic Landmark in Yellowstone National Park, <a href="https://www.justice.gov/usao-wy/pr/forrest-fenn-treasure-hunter-digs-himself-federal-sentence">according to a press release from the US Attorney's Office for the District of Wyoming.</a></p><p>Craythorn dug up graves at Fort Yellowstone between October 1, 2019, and May 24, 2020, prosecutors said.</p><p>He was looking for Fenn's famed treasure, which was hidden in the <a href="https://www.insider.com/treasure-hunter-deaths-forrest-fenn-rocky-mountains-2018-2">Rocky Mountains more than a decade ago.</a></p><p><em><strong>Read more: </strong><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/what-nfts-mean-how-small-businesses-creators-make-money-nonfungible-tokens">Mark Cuban explains how NFTs could provide new revenue streams for small businesses and creators</a></em></p><p>Craythorn didn't find the treasure during his search - the fortune was actually found in June 2020, by <a href="https://www.insider.com/jack-stuef-man-who-found-forrest-fenn-1-million-treasure-2020-12">Jack Stuef, a 32-year-old medical student from Michigan</a>, who identified himself in an <a href="https://www.outsideonline.com/2419429/forrest-fenn-treasure-jack-stuef?utm_source=twitter&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=tweetgn=tweet">interview to Outside magazine</a>.</p><p>Along with six months in prison, Craythorn will serve six months of home detention and two years of supervised release. A judge also ordered him to pay $31,566 in restitution.</p><p>"Yellowstone is one of the country's most popular <keyword id="134748" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="60" keywordseo="national-parks">national parks</keyword> and we must do everything in our power to investigate and prosecute those who damage and destroy its natural and cultural resources," Acting United States Attorney Bob Murray said in a statement. "A national park is no place to stage an adult treasure hunt motivated by greed. The harmful actions of Mr. Craythorn, no matter the reason or intent, destroyed valuable archaeological resources that cannot be undone."</p>

A Utah man searching for Forrest Fenn's $1 million treasure dug up graves at Yellowstone. Now he's headed to prison.

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Rodrick Dow Craythorn, of Syracuse, Utah, is facing up to 12 years in prison after pleading guilty to digging up graves at <keyword id="853277" type="CITY" weightage="60" keywordseo="Yellowstone-National-Park">Yellowstone National Park</keyword> while searching for the famed <keyword id="6140729" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="forrest-fenn">Forrest Fenn</keyword> treasure. </li><li><a href="https://www.justice.gov/usao-wy/pr/yellowstone-national-park-treasure-hunter-pleads-guilty">Prosecutors said in a statement</a> that Craythorn was found digging up graves at Fort Yellowstone Cemetery inside the <keyword id="18638" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="60" keywordseo="National-Park">national park</keyword> between October 1, 2019, and May 24, 2020.</li><li>He pleaded guilty to charges of excavating or trafficking in archaeological resources, and injury or depredation to United States property on Monday.</li><li>Fenn's $1 million treasure, which launched a decade-long search, was found by a 32-year-old from Michigan last year.</li></ul><p>A man from Utah is facing up to 12 years in prison after pleading guilty to digging up graves at Yellowstone National Park while searching for the famed Forrest Fenn treasure <a href="https://www.insider.com/forrest-fenn-rocky-mountain-treasure-found-decade-long-search-2020-6">before it was found by someone else last year.</a></p><p>Rodrick Dow Craythorn, of Syracuse, Utah, pleaded guilty to charges of excavating or trafficking in archaeological resources, and injury or depredation to United States property on Monday, <a href="https://www.justice.gov/usao-wy/pr/yellowstone-national-park-treasure-hunter-pleads-guilty">according to the US Attorney's Office District of Wyoming.</a></p><p>Prosecutors said in a statement that 52-year-old Craythorn was found digging up graves at Fort Yellowstone Cemetery inside the national park between October 1, 2019, and May 24, 2020.</p><p>He was looking for Fenn's treasure, prosecutors said.</p><p>Fenn, who died in September, <a href="https://www.insider.com/treasure-hunter-deaths-forrest-fenn-rocky-mountains-2018-2">hid $1 million in gold, jewels, and other valuables in the Rocky Mountains more than a decade ago</a>, and spent years posting clues online that led people on a cross-state search.</p><p>At least five people have died searching for the treasure, and there have been multiple court cases filed over the chest, by people claiming they were misled or followed during their failed searches.</p><p>The treasure was found in June, by <a href="https://www.insider.com/jack-stuef-man-who-found-forrest-fenn-1-million-treasure-2020-12">Jack Stuef, a 32-year-old medical student from Michigan.</a> Stuef identified himself in an <a href="https://www.outsideonline.com/2419429/forrest-fenn-treasure-jack-stuef?utm_source=twitter&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=tweetgn=tweet">interview to Outside magazine</a>, in which he said a recent lawsuit threatened his anonymity.</p><p>Craythorn, meanwhile, was indicted by a federal grand jury on September 16.</p><p>"The hunt for the Forrest Fenn treasure was often viewed as a harmless diversion, but in this case it led to substantial damage to important public resources," US Attorney Mark Klaassen said in a statement.  "The Defendant let his quest for discovery override respect for the law."     </p><p>Craythorn faces up to 12 years in prison and fines of up to $270,000.</p><p>His sentencing is scheduled for March 17.</p><ul class="read-more-links"><li>Read more:</li><li><a href="https://www.insider.com/jack-stuef-man-who-found-forrest-fenn-1-million-treasure-2020-12">Eccentric antique collector Forrest Fenn hid a $1 million treasure chest in the Rockies 10 years ago. The 32-year-old medical school student who found it just came forward.</a></li><li><a href="https://www.insider.com/forrest-fenn-rocky-mountain-treasure-found-decade-long-search-2020-6">A $1 million treasure chest hidden in the Rocky Mountains has finally been found after a decade-long search</a></li><li><a href="https://www.insider.com/treasure-hunter-deaths-forrest-fenn-rocky-mountains-2018-2">There's a $2 million treasure hidden somewhere in the Rockies - and at least 4 people have died looking for it</a></li><li><a href="https://www.insider.com/nps-investigating-video-ranger-using-taser-on-man-petroglyph-monument-2020-12">The National Park Service is investigating a video that shows a park ranger using a Taser on a Native American man who strayed off a marked trail</a></li></ul>

A Utah man who dug up graves at Yellowstone while searching for Forrest Fenn's $1 million treasure is facing up to 12 years in prison

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Jack Stuef, a 32-year-old medical student from Michigan, identified himself as the person who found antique collector <keyword id="6140729" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="forrest-fenn">Forrest Fenn</keyword>'s <a href="https://www.insider.com/forrest-fenn-rocky-mountain-treasure-found-decade-long-search-2020-6">hidden treasure in the Rocky Mountains in June. </a></li><li>Stuef named himself as the person who found the <keyword id="6355297" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="Treasure">treasure</keyword> in an <a href="https://www.outsideonline.com/2419429/forrest-fenn-treasure-jack-stuef?utm_source=twitter&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=tweetgn=tweet">interview with Outside magazine</a>, saying that a recent lawsuit threatened his anonymity. </li><li>He said he found the treasure in Wyoming, but would not reveal any further details of his search. </li></ul><p>The man who <a href="https://www.insider.com/forrest-fenn-rocky-mountain-treasure-found-decade-long-search-2020-6">found antique collector Forrest Fenn's hidden treasure</a> has been identified, months after the bronze treasure chest worth $1 million was found in the <keyword id="1076911" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Rocky-Mountains">Rocky Mountains</keyword>.</p><p>Jack Stuef, a 32-year-old medical student from Michigan, identified himself as the finder of Fenn's treasure in an <a href="https://www.outsideonline.com/2419429/forrest-fenn-treasure-jack-stuef?utm_source=twitter&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=tweetgn=tweet">interview to Outside magazine</a>, in which he said a recent lawsuit threatened his anonymity.</p><p>Stuef found Fenn's treasure in Wyoming in June, but wouldn't share any details about its exact location with Outside.</p><p>He said he spent years "obsessed" with finding it before his successful search this past summer.</p><p>"I don't want to ruin this <keyword id="54732" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Treasure-hunt">treasure hunt</keyword> by saying it was made for an English major, but it's based on a close read of a text," Stuef told Outside. "I mean, that's what it is. It's having the correct interpretation of a poem. I understood him by reading his words, and listening to him talk over and over and over and over again. And seeking out anything I could get my hands on that told me who he was."</p><p>Fenn, who died in September, <a href="https://www.insider.com/forrest-fenn-money-happiness-2017-2">launched his treasure hunt in 2010</a>, revealing in his autobiography, "The Thrill of the Chase," that a bronze chest filled with gold, jewels, and other valuables, had been hidden somewhere in the Rocky Mountains.</p><p>He posted clues about the chest's location on his website, and included a poem about it in his autobiography.</p><p>At least five people have died searching for the chest, and there have been multiple court cases over the chest, filed by people claiming they were misled or followed during their failed searches.</p><p>After Stuef found the chest, a woman filed another lawsuit claiming the chest's finder had hacked her texts and emails in their journey to finding the chest, which she believed was hidden in New Mexico. Stuef denied the allegation, saying he didn't find the chest in New Mexico.</p><p>Fenn had kept Stuef's identity secret in the months after he found the chest out of fear for his safety, but after his death a subpoena threatened to reveal his identity.</p><p><a href="https://medium.com/@thefinder/a-statement-on-the-disclosure-of-my-identity-602d95f04b9f">Stuef said in a Medium post about revealing his identity</a> that he had moved into a secure building, and put the treasure chest in a vault in New Mexico.</p><p>"For the past six months, I have remained anonymous, not because I have anything to hide, but because Forrest and his family endured stalkers, death threats, home invasions, frivolous lawsuits, and a potential kidnapping - all at the hands of people with delusions related to his treasure. I don't want those things to happen to me and my family," he wrote.</p><p>He told Outside that he'll never reveal where he found the chest because he doesn't want it to turn into a "tourist destination."</p><p>"We thought it was not appropriate for that to happen. He was willing to go to great lengths, very great lengths, to avoid ever having to tell the location," he said.</p><p>Stuef did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment. </p><ul class="read-more-links"><li>Read more:</li><li><a href="https://www.insider.com/forrest-fenn-rocky-mountain-treasure-found-decade-long-search-2020-6">A $1 million treasure chest hidden in the Rocky Mountains has finally been found after a decade-long search</a></li><li><a href="https://www.insider.com/blackbeard-treasure-million-dollar-treasure-chests-us-2020-8">A company says it's hosting an epic treasure hunt with chests hiding $1 million across the US</a></li><li><a href="https://www.insider.com/17-billion-worth-of-loot-was-discovered-in-a-shipwreck-from-1708-2018-5">Scientists just discovered a sunken ship from 1708, and the loot is worth $17 billion today</a></li><li><a href="https://www.insider.com/forrest-fenn-money-happiness-2017-2">A millionaire who hid a fortune in the Rockies explains how he views money and happiness after 86 years</a></li></ul>

Eccentric antique collector Forrest Fenn hid a $1 million treasure chest in the Rockies 10 years ago. The 32-year-old medical school student who found it just came forward.

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Antique collector <keyword id="6140729" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="forrest-fenn">Forrest Fenn</keyword>, 89, says a bronze <keyword id="6355297" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="Treasure">treasure</keyword> chest he hid in the <keyword id="1076911" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Rocky-Mountains">Rocky Mountains</keyword> a decade ago has been found.</li><li>He <a href="https://www.santafenewmexican.com/news/local_news/forrest-fenn-confirms-his-treasure-has-been-found/article_37006cfe-a8d7-11ea-8653-873ca96e31ef.html">told The Santa Fe New Mexican</a> that he would not reveal who found the chest, but said he was from "back East."</li><li>Fenn hid the chest believed to be filled with gold, jewels, and other valuables, in 2010 in hopes of encouraging people to seek out nature while searching for the treasure.</li><li>An estimated 350,000 have searched for the treasure and at least five people died searching for it, according to the New Mexican. </li></ul><p>A bronze treasure chest that was hidden in the Rocky Mountains by an antique collector and believed to be worth more than $1 million has been found after a decade-long search.</p><p>Forrest Fenn, 89, <a href="https://www.santafenewmexican.com/news/local_news/forrest-fenn-confirms-his-treasure-has-been-found/article_37006cfe-a8d7-11ea-8653-873ca96e31ef.html">told The Santa Fe New Mexican</a> that his chest filled with gold, jewels, and other valuables, had been found last week.</p><p>He did not reveal where the chest was found or the name of the man who discovered it, but confirmed it was found, saying that a photograph of the chest was sent to him. He described the man who found the chest as being from "back East," according to the New Mexican. </p><p>"It was under a canopy of stars in the lush, forested vegetation of the Rocky Mountains and had not moved from the spot where I hid it more than 10 years ago," Fenn, who hid the treasure in 2010 as a way to encourage people to explore nature, wrote in an announcement on his<a href="https://www.oldsantafetradingco.com/"> website</a>. "I do not know the person who found it, but the poem in my book led him to the precise spot."</p><p>During the 10-year search for the bronze chest, Fenn had posted clues as to where the treasure was on his website, and published a poem about it in his 2010 autobiography, "The Thrill of the Chase," <a href="https://edition.cnn.com/2020/06/07/us/forrest-fenn-rocky-mountains-treasure-chest-found-trnd/index.html">CNN reported</a>.</p><p>An estimated 350,000 have searched for the treasure, the New Mexican reported, and, <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/treasure-rocky-mountains-1-million-10-year-search/">according to CBS News</a>, many quit their jobs and depleted their savings in search of the valuable chest.</p><p>At least five people died searching for it, according to the New Mexican, and there have been multiple court cases over the chest, filed by people claiming they were misled or followed during their failed searches.</p><p>Many people questioned if the treasure was real at all, or if the chest had been found years prior to Fenn's announcement.</p><p>"I think his announcement is at least a few years, and a few lives, too late. But he has to live with that. I believe this was over much earlier than today," treasure hunter Seth Wallack told the New Mexican. "In 2020, he said the treasure was found, but doesn't reveal any details so his narrative can't be questioned."</p><p>Fenn told the outlet in 2017 that the 22-pound treasure chest was very real, and that he had placed it in its hiding place himself.</p><p>"I congratulate the thousands of people who participated in the search and hope they will continue to be drawn by the promise of other discoveries," Fenn said in his announcement of the treasure being found.</p><ul class="read-more-links"><li>Read more:</li><li><a href="https://www.insider.com/17-billion-worth-of-loot-was-discovered-in-a-shipwreck-from-1708-2018-5">Scientists just discovered a sunken ship from 1708, and the loot is worth $17 billion today</a></li><li><a href="https://www.insider.com/shipwreck-may-have-up-to-17-billion-in-treasure-2018-5">A submarine has discovered the 310-year-old 'holy grail' of shipwrecks, and it may carry $17 billion in treasure</a></li><li><a href="https://www.insider.com/forrest-fenn-money-happiness-2017-2">A millionaire who hid a fortune in the Rockies explains how he views money and happiness after 86 years</a></li><li><a href="https://www.insider.com/forrest-fenn-fortune-hidden-rocky-mountains-2017-2">There's a fortune hidden somewhere in the Rocky Mountains, and this millionaire is the only one who knows where it is</a></li></ul>

A $1 million treasure chest hidden in the Rocky Mountains has finally been found after a decade-long search

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Johnny and Amy Perri, owners of J &amp; M Jewelers in Washington Township, Michigan, buried about $1 million in <keyword id="31199" type="COMPANY" weightage="60" keywordseo="Jewelry">jewelry</keyword> to create a state-wide <keyword id="54732" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Treasure-hunt">treasure hunt</keyword>.</li><li>They were inspired by <a href="https://www.insider.com/forrest-fenn-rocky-mountain-treasure-found-decade-long-search-2020-6">antique collector Forrest Fenn</a>, whose treasure was found in the Rocky Mountains this year after a decade-long hunt.</li><li>Pieces of the Perris' treasure, which includes vintage engagement rings, gold, silver, precious coins, and more, have been buried from Detroit in Southeastern Michigan all the way up to the Upper Peninsula.</li></ul><p>A jewelry store in Michigan that was forced to close permanently during the <keyword id="1754604" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="coronavirus">coronavirus</keyword> pandemic has buried its remaining inventory in multiple locations, hoping to launch a statewide treasure hunt.</p><p>Johnny and Amy Perri, owners of J &amp; M Jewelers in Washington Township, <a href="https://www.wxyz.com/news/washington-township-man-buries-gold-diamonds-silver-for-a-real-life-treasure-hunt">told WXYZ</a> that they buried about $1 million in valuables, scattered between Detroit in southeastern Michigan and the Upper Peninsula.</p><p>They said they buried vintage engagement rings, gold, silver, precious coins, and more, attaching a GPS tracker to each so they can tell when they're found.</p><p>The Perris are selling $49 tickets to participate in the treasure hunt, which they've named Johnny's Adventure Quest. Those who participate in the hunt, which starts on August 1, will receive clues for different regionally specific hunts.</p><p><a href="https://www.johnnystreasurequest.com/about">According to a website for the treasure hunt</a>, all items will be buried under places marked with "X."</p><p>Those who find treasure can either keep it or sell it back to the Perris for a predetermined price.</p><p>Johnny Perri told WXYZ that a lot of the items he buried were passed down from his late father.</p><p>"He would think I'm nuts," he said. "But he'd be all for it. He was a big giver."</p><p>On the website, Johnny Perri said he was inspired by <a href="https://www.insider.com/forrest-fenn-rocky-mountain-treasure-found-decade-long-search-2020-6">antique collector Forrest Fenn</a>, whose treasure was found in the Rocky Mountains this year after a decade-long hunt.</p><p>"I've always dreamed of searching for that myself but never had the time. What Mr. Forrest Fenn really wanted is what I found to be most unmistakably true," he wrote. "It was getting off the couch and out of the house and adventuring outdoors. So that is exactly what we did. I began traveling up and down pure Michigan with my fiancé. We went through woods, rivers, streams, mountains, and waterfalls. We even got married!"</p><ul class="read-more-links"><li>Read more:</li><li><a href="https://www.insider.com/forrest-fenn-rocky-mountain-treasure-found-decade-long-search-2020-6">A $1 million treasure chest hidden in the Rocky Mountains has finally been found after a decade-long search</a></li><li><a href="https://www.insider.com/what-pirates-really-looked-like-2018-7">What the pirates in movies actually looked like in real life</a></li><li><a href="https://www.insider.com/17-billion-worth-of-loot-was-discovered-in-a-shipwreck-from-1708-2018-5">Scientists just discovered a sunken ship from 1708, and the loot is worth $17 billion today</a></li><li><a href="https://www.insider.com/shipwreck-may-have-up-to-17-billion-in-treasure-2018-5">A submarine has discovered the 310-year-old 'holy grail' of shipwrecks, and it may carry $17 billion in treasure</a></li></ul>

A coronavirus-shuttered jewelry store buried its remaining inventory across Michigan to launch a statewide treasure hunt

<p><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image on-image"><p class="source"><span>Mendenhall Olga/Shutterstock</span></p><p class="caption">People have been searching for the bronze chest since 2010.</p></div><p></p></div></div></p><ul><li><strong>A treasure estimated to be worth $2 million may be hidden somewhere in the Rocky Mountains.</strong></li><li><strong>Millionaire Forrest Fenn said he hid <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/forrest-fenn-fortune-hidden-rocky-mountains-2017-2" target="_blank" rel="noopener">a chest filled with gold and valuables</a> somewhere in the mountains in 2010.</strong></li><li><strong>He's since provided a number of clues to the treasure's location in a poem.</strong></li><li><strong>At least four people have died searching for the treasure.</strong></li></ul><p><br />The ongoing search for hidden riches in the Rockies has reportedly claimed another life.</p><p><a href="http://www.kulr8.com/story/37535979/final-report-yellowstone-fenn-treasure-death" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Montana station KULR TV reported</a> 53-year-old Jeff Murphy fell to his death while hunting for Forrest Fenn's hidden treasure in Yellowstone over the summer.</p><p>Fenn, a millionaire, art dealer, and former fighter pilot, said he hid an assortment of <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/forrest-fenn-fortune-hidden-rocky-mountains-2017-2" target="_blank" rel="noopener">gold and valuables</a> in a bronze chest somewhere in the Rocky Mountains in 2010. The treasure has been estimated to be worth about $2 million.</p><p>Fenn said he's given nine clues to the treasure's location, in the form of a <a href="http://www.today.com/news/follow-these-9-clues-find-forrest-fenns-treasure-1C8598924">poem</a> advising the reader to "begin it where warm waters halt." He's also published two books, "<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Thrill-Chase-Memoir-Forrest-Fenn/dp/0967091780/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1486500953&amp;sr=1-1&amp;refinements=p_27%3AForrest+Fenn&amp;tag=bisafetynet2-20">The Thrill of the Chase</a>" and "<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Too-Far-Walk-Forrest-Fenn/dp/0967091799/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1486500953&amp;sr=1-2&amp;refinements=p_27%3AForrest+Fenn&amp;tag=bisafetynet2-20">Too Far to Walk</a>," which include a map featuring New Mexico, Colorado, Wyoming, and Montana.</p><p>Thousands have trekked into the wilderness of New Mexico, Colorado, Wyoming, and Montana to seek it out.</p><p>Murphy was one such searcher. The husband and father of two was described <a href="http://www.franzen-davis.com/notices/JosephJeff-Murphy" target="_blank" rel="noopener">in his obituary</a> as a world traveler, hiker, and photographer. His wife reported him missing on June 8, 2017. His body was found the next day. Murphy apparently lost his footing while hiking up Turkey Pen Peak and fell 500 feet. His death was ruled an accident.</p><p><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image on-image"><p class="source"><span>Google Maps</span></p><p class="caption">The treasure is supposedly located somewhere in the Rockies, in New Mexico, Colorado, Wyoming, or Montana.</p></div><p></p></div></div></p><p>But Murphy's death isn't the only one that's been linked to the quest for treasure.</p><p>Grandfather and Colorado resident Randy Bilyeu vanished in January 2016, while scouring the wilderness of northern New Mexico for Fenn's treasure. His skeletal remains were found along the Rio Grande in July 2016. <a href="https://www.denverpost.com/2017/03/01/missing-treasure-hunter-case-closed/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Denver Post reported</a> that his cause of death couldn't be determined.</p><p>Colorado pastor Paris Wallace's family told authorities he journeyed to New Mexico in order to seek out the secret cache, <a href="https://www.denverpost.com/2017/06/20/colorado-pastor-found-treasure-hunt/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Denver Post reported</a>. According to <a href="http://www.star-telegram.com/news/local/community/northeast-tarrant/article157388289.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">the Forth Worth Star-Telegram</a>, the 52-year-old's body was found not far from his car on June 18, 2017.</p><p><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table float_right"><div><div class="image on-image"><p class="source"><span>Forrest Fenn</span></p><p class="caption">The treasure chest (seen here in a photograph Fenn shared with Business Insider) contains riches that might be worth $2 million.</p></div><p></p></div></div>Eric Ashby moved to Colorado in April 2016 to find the treasure, <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/forrest-fenn-treasure-hunt-may-have-claimed-its-third-victim-n788191" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according to NBC</a>. He was rafting along the Arkansas River with a group on June 28, 2017 when the vessel overturned. Ashby never resurfaced, and the three people with him did not call the authorities. They were summoned by a third party witness. <a href="http://www.canoncitydailyrecord.com/news/canoncity-local-news/ci_31623287/fremont-county-coroner-body-found-july-identified-eric" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Canon City Daily Record reported</a> that the 31-year-old's body was found July 28, 2017, and identified through DNA.</p><p>In response to the deaths, authorities have called on Fenn to put a halt to the search. He has declined to, but urged searchers to take safety precautions. He's also noted that people shouldn't look anywhere that an 80-year-old man couldn't feasibly hide a heavy bronze chest.</p><p><a href="https://www.abqjournal.com/1135807/santa-fe-authors-treasure-hunt-claims-a-fourth-victim-ex-man-who-fell-to-his-death-in-yellowstone-last-year-was-searching-for-the-infamous-antique-chest.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Albuquerque Journal</a> reported that Murphy's wife Erica said she didn't blame Fenn for her husband's death, and that he "wouldn't have wanted to hinder anyone" from searching for the hidden treasure.</p>    <div class="margin-top">        <h3>NOW WATCH: <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/divers-discovered-rare-roman-treasure-roman-israel-2016-5">Divers just discovered rare Roman treasure that's been hiding for the last 1,600 years</a></h3>        <div>                    </div>    </div>

There's a $2 million treasure hidden somewhere in the Rockies - and at least 4 people have died looking for it

<p class="float_right"><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table float_right"><div><div class="image on-image"></div><p></p></div></div></p><p>During the Great Recession, Forrest Fenn wanted to give people something to look forward to.</p><p><a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/forrest-fenn-fortune-hidden-rocky-mountains-2017-2">That's why the art dealer says he hid a chest full of gold</a> - estimated to be worth around $2 million - somewhere in the Rocky Mountains.</p><p>"They say money can't buy happiness but it can make a nice down payment," he told Business Insider in an email.</p><p>That being said, wealth isn't everything to Fenn.</p><p>"I have decided that having enough money is a lot better than having a lot of money," he said.</p><p>Fenn ran <a href="http://www.oldsantafetradingco.com/">an art dealership</a> and authored two books - "<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Thrill-Chase-Memoir-Forrest-Fenn/dp/0967091780/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1486500953&amp;sr=1-1&amp;refinements=p_27%3AForrest+Fenn&amp;tag=bisafetynet-20">The Thrill of the Chase</a>" and "<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Too-Far-Walk-Forrest-Fenn/dp/0967091799/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1486500953&amp;sr=1-2&amp;refinements=p_27%3AForrest+Fenn&amp;tag=bisafetynet-20">Too Far to Walk</a>" - which are said to contain clues about the location of the treasure.</p><p>Business Insider asked Fenn if he had any tips about achieving success and becoming wealthy. He had one straightforward piece of advice: Focus.</p><p>"People today are too busy to think," he says. "There is so much going on in the world and they are distracted. My advice would be to set aside an hour each day to just think. Don't rule out any idea. Try to build a small business. Someone invented the hula hoop, the skateboard, and the Slinky. Similar ideas are still out there today."</p>    <div class="margin-top">        <h3>NOW WATCH: <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/divers-discovered-rare-roman-treasure-roman-israel-2016-5">Divers just discovered rare Roman treasure that's been hiding for the last 1,600 years</a></h3>        <div>            <div>        <div class="ooyala-video-player" data-video-autoplay="false" data-video-id="h4ZWxsMzE6YoYfxuAqCj1S-MYnZA1U9x" data-player-variable="ooyalapopvideo" id="ooyalaplayer_popvideo" style="width:1280px;height:720px"></div>        </div>        </div>            </div>

A millionaire who hid a fortune in the Rockies explains how he views money and happiness after 86 years

<p><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table float_left float_right"><div><div class="image on-image"><p class="source"><span>Forrest Fenn</span></p><p class="caption">In 2010, Forrest Fenn (pictured) set in motion a real life treasure  hunt.</p></div><p></p></div></div></p><p><strong>• 86-year-old Forrest Fenn hid treasure in the Rocky Mountains in 2010.</strong></p><p><strong>• He's provided clues to its location, but it's still undiscovered.</strong></p><p><strong>• He hopes the hunt will encourage families to spend time outside together.</strong></p><p>At some point in 2010, Forrest Fenn made two trips north out of Santa Fe and into the Rocky Mountains.</p><p>On the first journey, the art dealer carried with him a bronze, Romanesque chest.</p><p>On the second trip, he brought a backpack filled with gold coins, gold nuggets, and gems.</p><p>Fenn says he filled the chest with the valuables and stashed it all somewhere in the massive mountain range.</p><p>In the years since, thousands have tried to find the treasure, <a href="http://www.npr.org/2016/03/13/469852983/seeking-adventure-and-gold-crack-this-poem-and-head-outdoors">according to NPR</a>. <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/ap-treasure-hunter-disappears-searching-for-2-million-in-gold-2016-1">At least one person has died in the search</a>.</p><p>And, as far as we know, no one has found the chest yet.</p><p>That doesn't surprise now 86-year-old Fenn.</p><p>"No one will happen upon the treasure," he told Business Insider. "They will have to figure out the clues before they can find it."</p><p>Hints to the treasure's location (and even <a href="https://www.benchmarkmaps.com/thrill-of-the-chase-wall-map">a map</a> depicting New Mexico, Colorado, Wyoming, and Montana) are included in two of Fenn's books, "<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Thrill-Chase-Memoir-Forrest-Fenn/dp/0967091780/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1486500953&amp;sr=1-1&amp;refinements=p_27%3AForrest+Fenn">The Thrill of the Chase</a>" and "<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Too-Far-Walk-Forrest-Fenn/dp/0967091799/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1486500953&amp;sr=1-2&amp;refinements=p_27%3AForrest+Fenn">Too Far to Walk</a>." <a href="http://www.today.com/news/follow-these-9-clues-find-forrest-fenns-treasure-1C8598924">One of Fenn's poems</a>, which advises the reader to "begin it where warm waters halt," is said to include nine clues.</p><p>"Read the clues in my poem over and over and study maps of the Rocky Mountains," he said via email. "Try to marry the two. The treasure is out there waiting for the person who can make all the lines cross in the right spot."</p><p>The idea for the treasure hunt had actually been brewing for years before 2010. It first came to Fenn after a brush with death.</p><p><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table float_right"><div><div class="image on-image"><p class="source"><span>Dal Neitzel</span></p><p class="caption">Fenn flew in the Air Force before becoming an art dealer.</p></div><p></p></div></div>He had kicked off his varied career by joining the Air Force during the Vietnam War. Fenn had a hard tour, working 14 hour days and dropping 22 pounds.</p><p>"As a fighter pilot I flew 328 combat missions in about 348 days, and was shot down twice," he said. "I was missing in action in the Laotian jungle. On other missions, I took battle damage to my plane and wondered if I would make it home."</p><p>After the war, Fenn said he felt mentally and physically exhausted.</p><p>"I was not going to wear a coat and tie, wear a watch, or have a calendar," he said. "I just wanted out. Santa Fe was the only place where I might make a living wearing blue jeans, hush puppies, and a short sleeve shirt."</p><p>So he entered the art business, opening up <a href="http://www.oldsantafetradingco.com/">the Old Santa Fe Trading Co</a>. He says that sitting down and thinking allowed him to achieve success.</p><p>"People today are too busy to think," Fenn said. "There is so much going on in the world and they are distracted. My advice would be to set aside an hour each day to just think. Don't rule out any idea."</p><p>Then, in 1988, Fenn was struck by a particularly unusual idea. He had been diagnosed with terminal kidney cancer. He considered leaving behind some clues, heading out to the wilderness with a chest of treasure and a bottle of sleeping pills, and dying on his own terms.</p><p>The plan was put on hold for a few decades, when his cancer went into remission. Then, when the Great Recession hit, his mind turned back to the thought of a treasure hunt.</p><p><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table float_right"><div><div class="image on-image"><p class="source"><span>Forrest Fenn</span></p><p class="caption">The gold is hidden in a bronze, Romanesque chest.</p></div><p></p></div></div></p><p>"There seemed to be despair everywhere," Fenn told Business Insider. "I wanted to give people some hope and something to believe in."</p><p>Fenn said that he also holds to the quote (often attributed to actor Errol Flynn) that "Any man who has $10,000 left when he dies is a failure" - although he amends the amount to $50.</p><p>"They say money can't buy happiness but it can make a nice down payment," Fenn said. "I have decided that having enough money is a lot better than having a lot of money."</p><p>The treasure has been previously estimated to be worth about $2 million, but Fenn says he has no idea what the exact worth of the chest and its contents is today, as some of the items contained within need to be appraised. Fenn adds that the chest contains 20.2 Troy pounds of gold, including 265 American Eagles and Double Eagles and ancient gold artifacts and jewelry.</p><p>Treasure hunters who want to get their hands on that gold have a lot of ground to cover if they ever want to find that fortune.</p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/05/us/treasure-hunt-in-rockies-for-2-million-dollars.html?_r=0">As the New York Times reported</a>, Fenn has provided a few more hints about the treasure's location. Apparently, the spot where the chest is hidden is higher than 5,000 feet above sea level and at least 8.25 miles north of Santa Fe.</p><p><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image on-image"><p class="source"><span>Google Maps</span></p><p class="caption">According to the map included in Fenn's book "Too Far to Walk," the treasure is hidden somewhere in the Rockies in either New Mexico, Colorado, Wyoming, or Montana.</p></div><p></p></div></div></p><p>Fenn urges searchers to take safety precautions while searching for the chest. He also encourages them to enjoy the journey, rather than focusing solely on the goal of discovering the fortune.</p><p>"I wanted to give the kids something to do," Fenn says. "They spend too much time in the game room or playing with their little hand held texting machines. I hope parents will take their children camping and hiking in the Rocky Mountains. I hope they will fish, look for fossils, turn rotten logs over to see what's under them, and look for my treasure."</p><p>The treasure hunt has launched <a href="http://dalneitzel.com/">blogs</a> and <a href="https://thefenndiagrams.com/">online</a> <a href="http://www.fennhotspot.com/">communities</a> <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/ToFF/">dedicated</a> to <a href="https://thefenndiagrams.com/">solving</a> the <a href="http://www.chasechat.com/">mystery</a>. Not all of the interest is positive, however. Fenn has had to call 911 a few times, after fortune hunters showed up at his house uninvited. And still others have questioned whether or not the treasure is a hoax.</p><p>"There are only a few who have said it is a hoax and I don't say anything to them," Fenn told Business Insider. "The funny part is that they think they know exactly where it is hidden. When they arrive at that spot and the treasure is not there, they think one of two things. Either someone has already found it or it's a hoax. Ironically, most of them are still looking."</p>    <div class="margin-top">        <h3>NOW WATCH: <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/divers-discovered-rare-roman-treasure-roman-israel-2016-5">Divers just discovered rare Roman treasure that's been hiding for the last 1,600 years</a></h3>        <div>            <div>        <div class="ooyala-video-player" data-video-autoplay="false" data-video-id="h4ZWxsMzE6YoYfxuAqCj1S-MYnZA1U9x" data-player-variable="ooyalapopvideo" id="ooyalaplayer_popvideo" style="width:1280px;height:720px"></div>        </div>        </div>            </div>

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